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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  Please, most cops are anything if elite, and politicians know
that violence is one sure thing that will get people
to care about the protesters. |
Maybe not, but they are intended primarily to serve elite -- that is, ruling class -- interests. You're right that intelligent authorities aren't as quick to use force, that they are much more interested in controlling popular opinion. This may explain why, quite often anyway, we hear stories about hordes of anti-war protesters who ran around attacking soldiers returning from Vietnam. If soldiers devastate a country, that's forgivable, but if people protest violence it's supposed to be utterly contemptible. That's why many think it's always protesters who initiate the violence. To say differently is to veer away from the script.
Grandpa h.